Trousers-stretcher



(No Model.)

A. WYMAN. TROUSERS STRBTGHBR.

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UNITED STATES PATENT (omen;

ARNOLD WYMAN, or B ooKLYN, NEW YORK.

TROUSERS-STRETCH'ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 437,390, dated sejotenlber' 3Q, 1890.

Application filed November 27, 1888. serial No. 331,756. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARNOLD WYMAN, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inTrousers Stretchers and Hangers, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improved trousers stretcher and hanger, andhas for its object to provide a simple and durable device adapted forapplication to the legs of trousers to preserve the shape of the samethrough the medium of the weight of the garment when suspended by thedevice, either with or without an attached weight.

The invention consists in the novel con struction and combination of theseveralparts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters and figures of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 represents the application of the device to a pair of trousersand the garment as suspended by the said device. Fig. 2 is a partialside elevation and partial vertical section of the device. Fig. 3isatransverse section taken through one of the shoes, on line a; a: ofFig. 1. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a slightly modified form of theshoe detached.

The device consists, primarily, of a body portion A and two shoes Battached to the extremities of the body. The body portion A isconstructed in two sections 17 and 18, the said sections being pivotallyattached at or near their inner ends by an eye 19, the shank of which isthreaded and is made to pass through one of a series of apertures 20,formed in the sections 17 and 18, and upon the said threaded end asuitable nut is screwed.

In order that the sections 17 and 18 may be bent or broken in onedirection only-namely, in the directionfrom the eye 19an upturned flange21 is formed upon the lower longitudinal edge of each of the sectionsnear its inner or pivotal end, whereby sockets are formed to receive thelongitudinal edge of the section above that carrying the flange 21. Thuswhen the upturned edge 21 of one section section, the body will beat itsgreatest length and both members in essentially the same plane.

When the members or sections 17 and 18 are carried upward in thedirection of the eye, the shoes attached to the outer face of thesections are drawn suifioiently near one another to permit the device tobe conveniently inserted ina trousers-leg. The eye 19 serves as a meanswhereby the device may be suspended from a nail or other convenientsupport, and if in practice it is found desirable in connection with thedevice, a Weight may be attached to the waistband of the trousers or toany other convenient point, to facilitate the stretching of the legs.

The shoes B are made of metal and have a convex exterior 11 and concaveinner faces 12, provided with lugs 16, pivoted to the arms orsections1718. The outer faces of the shoes are toothed or roughened, asat 12. In Fig. 4 the shoe is shown solid with its outer face roughenedor toothed, as at 13, the shoe being curved longitudinally to correspondwith the curvature of the bottom swell of the trousersleg.

In operation, a device is compressed and inserted in the lower end ofeach trousers-leg in such a manner that the shoes will have a bearingupon opposite sides, one bearing upon the front and one upon the rearofthe leg to which it is applied. When a device has been introduced intoeach trousers-leg, the trousers are folded, one leg upon the other, andsuspended by engaging the body portion with a nail or equivalent device.Thus, as the heavier portion of the trouserseenamely, the waistbandisdownward, and as each leg is held in shape sidew-ise by said devices,the

weight of the trousers will effectually remove all wrinkles therein andbagging atthe knees, and also will tend, in conjunction with the springof the body A and the length of the shoes below their pivotal attachmentwi th the body, to firmly bind the devices to the trousers.

I desire it to be understood that if in practice it is found desirable,the body may be rigidly attached to the shoes, and also that thetrousers may be suspended from the waistband and a weight secured to thebody porcontacts witlrthe contiguous edge of the other tion of thestretcher. In fact, the details of construction of the inventiondescribed may be substituted by equivalent construction withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

Havingthus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patant- 1. A trousers-stretcher comprising twopivotally-connected members having shoes at the outer ends and a stop onthe lower edge of one member in the path of the lower edge of theopposite member, and a suspension device, substantially as set forth.

2. A trousers-stretcher comprising the two members 17 18, pivotedtogether, and having opposite laterally projecting flanges 21 on

